Another Peer 2 Peer company has hit the voice/telephone replacement market. Called PeerMe, they have raised 2.5 million or so and seem to be offering a Skype like platform. I remember back in the 90’s when there were a lot of Instant Messaging platforms out there, yet only three or four really survived: AOL’s AIM, … Read more
With the Intrado announcement yesterday AT&T remained on their roadmap to make sure that their users have E-911 in nomadic and out of market situations. What AT&T signed up for is Intrado’s V9-1-1 Mobility Service. That service provides: nomadic users, users with telephone numbers foreign to the local rate center (out-of-area), and some fixed-location users … Read more
Jeff is SO SO SO right. Think about it. Most cell phone’s can’t reach any Public Safety service that is close to where the problem is. Did you ever try to call the cops in California? You get Hiway Patrol….
Jon Arnold provides some insider type insight about the recent Frost and Sullivan report about VoIP in the North American market.
Must be a slow news week for Vonage. The so called new telephone adapter is really the same one that AOL has out in the marketplace as I tested the AOL service with it. But according to a Motorola spokesperson when I discussed the so called new product with them yesterday and pointed out that … Read more
About 18 months or so ago as an extension to my PR and Marketing Communications business and broadcasting efforts with Ken Rutkowski on KenRadio, KenRadio I began writing a daily blog called VoIPWatch , as a mechanism to both become one of the voices about the next generation of telephony that the media could reach … Read more
Court TV is taking VoIP to the courtroom with an interesting trial use of a VoIP based Videophone from ViseonMedia, a subsidiary of Viseon.
Many a start-up I know liked to use Vonage as their pipeline to their developers in far away places. But with the arrival of Skype which combines IM with Voice, they have made the switch. Here’s one more example. When I think about it, Vonage had the XTEN softphone about as early as anyone including … Read more
Mac fans may finally start seeing some real output from Yahoo as they have made another acquisition in Konfabulator. While the Widgets work cross platform, this is clearly an indication that apps mean something to the search and ad giant. Basically Yahoo has to get some more smarts to go with their very savvy business … Read more
Advanced IP Pipeline has a few stories that when I link the theme together I get the fact that companies going after the Small to Medium Business Market like Vonage has already indicated, may have a leg up on the Big Enterprise plays. Maybe that’s why Level3 is going the wholesale route and not looking … Read more
